The investigation of Lucy Letby on Netflix

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Anyone watched it yet? It’s a really excellent documentary with loads of footage of her police interviews.

You see the police asking her questions about those ‘confession’ notes.

I won’t put spoilers in the OP but I’d love to hear what others made of her responses.

Mid way through I thought she’s 💯 guilty but by the end I’m really not sure. A lot points to her being innocent.

I feel for the parents of those babies so much, the uncertainty must be horrendous 😞

I watched it.

Why did she have the handover notes in her home? I don’t believe her that they were left in her pocket.

I thought it odd that she seemed remarkedly unsurprised to be arrested.

Loads of stuff to read about that available if you actually care to do the reading. Poor evidence, biased 'experts' etc.

I disagree. It is interesting. The police have said they felt they got the new files to the same standard as the original cases that they did decide to prosecute. The CPS don't want the scrutiny because it id far less likely they would get a new prosecution across the line given the increased scrutiny

Private Eye's special report by MD is pretty thorough on this and freely available:

Private Eye's special report by MD is pretty thorough on this and freely available:
https://www.private-eye.co.uk/special-reports/lucy-letby

I’ve seen so many comments like this.

She was pumped full of anti depressants and other strong medication just to cope. She was completely flat and numb.

This is such a high profile case I’m sure they would prosecute if they thought these babies were adding to her ‘ toll ‘ of victims . It makes you wonder if having had the original case so disputed they are not risking more judgement because the new evidence isn’t compelling just as her convicted cases are not convincing.

Ah that explains it . I wanted to shake her into life at the interviews because she just wasn’t defending herself . Most people would be shouting from the rafters if faced with such accusations but she just sat there .

I thought she seemed in complete shock which is totally understandable.

How many people do you know who were victimised and bullied at work and then subjected to a lengthy police investigation?

The ‘no comment’ responses bothered me too. They made me think she must be guilty. Unless her solicitor had instructed her to say no comment.

Why would anyone say ‘no comment’ if they weren’t guilty?!

I read the prosecution brought 34 witnesses forward - including 7 consultants and 6 experts

the defence stood down their witnesses because they could have strengthened the defence with some of their answers

anyone who starts “no comment” is guilty in my eyes

there has been no retrial because none of the evidence presented would change the outcome or was not new evidence

The defence struggled to find an expert witness because doctors who have been defence experts in the past for such hugely emotive cases have their careers ruined and are harassed and trolled.

An example being the Dr Waney Squier who spoke out against the existence of shaken baby syndrome. She has told on a previous documentary why the Letby defence team could not adequately rebuff the highly questionable Dr Dewi Evans.

This case turned on complex clinical matters which were not only very difficult for lay jury members to comprehend but were also misrepresented.

234 left in her pocket 😂

I don’t think so - didn’t she have them all filed in alphabet order

I hear what you’re saying but this was such a serious matter I would have expected her to rally . Her life depended on it and some of her answers were clear and lucid so the ‘ no comment ‘ for key questions was odd .

But Dr Evans changed his testimony. That introduces questions in its own right as to his expertise .

yes I know about drs not wanting to do that

That applies for the prosecution too

so what about all these “alleged” expert witnesses who are supporting a defence now? Aren’t they scared anymore?

they had expert witnesses but they didn’t call them as they feared they would end up working in prosecutions favour - experts aren’t like puppets and they knew some of the questions they faced from the prosecution they would be agreeing with

exactly right your are about complex clinical matters - so we need to believe court of appeal when they say there has been no new evidence given to them that requires retrial - they are the only ones with all the facts and understanding

It’s fairly standard advice from a solicitor.

I've just finished watching it. This will go down as one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in the UK. I listened to the podcast of the trial when it was on, and even then I had my doubts about her being guilty.

I absolutely believe she's been made a scapegoat, but whatever happens, I hope the truth comes to light and if she's innocent, I hope she's exonerated.

Actually it doesn’t apply equally to the prosecution because “burn the witch” is always easier to grasp and more popular than a complex picture of various factors.

I meant about expert witnesses

people don’t seem to be wanting to “burn a witch” rather the opposite as she is slim white and blonde - i agree with the view that if she had been a Middle Aged black African women no one would have questioned this case

I’m going to watch this. It’s horrible if she was wrongly convicted and those poor poor parents believe she did it. It’s so horrendous for the parents anyway, and they should never be forgotten in anything public about Letby.

The CPS routinely decline to prosecute or discontinue cases for a number of practical and not-at-all-suspect reasons. They’re not duty bound to prosecute whatever the police give them, and what the police consider ‘watertight’ or whatever may not be considered the same by a CPS lawyer. If you knew much about criminal law you would know this is not at all ‘interesting’.

Agreed, it is. People answer no comment for a variety of practical and strategic reasons on the advice of their lawyer- not just because they’re guilty.